Robert Northleigh GIDLEY

Regimental number58509
OccupationApiarist
Next of kinSister, Mrs A Birch, Taylor's Road, Papanui, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit12th (Nelson) Company, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 September 1918
Place of burialAdanac Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 17), Miraumont, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr N.B. Gidley, Plymouth, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 11